The Pentagon says contracts for new F-35 engines will slip to 2026, raising concern about production timelines for a new $24 ...

Key Points and Summary – The F-35 is the planet’s best fighter precisely because it is more than a fighter: a stealthy, fused ...

PARIS—A key milestone for the Pentagon’s program to upgrade the F-35 engine has been pushed back a year, raising questions about the overall timeline of the effort. The engine upgrade will reach ...

Key Points and Summary - The F-35 program is under intense pressure due to severe problems with its critical Block 4 modernization. -The new TR-3 hardware, the foundation for the upgrade, is late, ...

The F-35 program is delaying some of its planned Block 4 upgrades as it focuses on delivering capabilities as early as 2031. (A1C Eli Rose/Air Force) The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is scaling ...

The $2.8B contract funds 141 F135 engines for U.S. services and allies, securing production, spares, and upgrades through February 2028. Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a major contract, valued at ...

President Trump described the F-55 as a substantial upgrade over the F-35, together with the ongoing upgrades to F-35 and F-22. U.S. President Donald Trump is currently on a tour in the Middle East, ...

Pratt & Whitney is under contract to deliver 141 F135 engines for the 18th lot of F-35s. (Rick Goodfriend/Air Force) The U.S. Navy on Friday awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract modification worth up to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday that no additional cracks have been found on F-35 fighter engines during inspections begun after the February 19 incident that halted flights of ...

The controversial F-35 program got its start in 1997 when Lockheed Martin was awarded a $750 million contract to build a next-generation prototype fighter jet that could replace many of the aging ...